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Fluss Swift Donna Hammond Mike Kelly tooo NEWS! The New ResidenStial Energy Standard for California builders was scheduled to become effective July 13. On July 8 Governor Brown vetoed a bill passed by the legislature that would have exempted single family residences for which a building construction start had been filed prior to that date. This meant that all housing starts already filed would need to be redesigned to meet the new energy standards.

In a move usually reserved for the Democratic side of the Assembly, the Republican minority attached a rider to a bill already having cleared the Assembly Environmental Committee. The rider exempted all detached single family residences from the new standards for one year. The legislature approved the bill with the necessary 2/t vote (an urgency bill). He was not going to sign the bill permitting a delay, but being a contender for the U. S. Senate and considering the number of votes that could be lost, Governor Brown signed the bill on July 13.

We currently have a one-year reprieve from a set of regulations developed by a group of non-builders in the office of the State Energy Commission that would have added $3,000 to $6,000 to the cost of a new home.

Our next move will be to elect individuals in November that are sane and have more regard for prospective home owners. After that, we will introduce legislation that will rescind or drastically amend the new standards. Hopefully proenvironmentalists occupying chairs in the many state offices will leave under a new administration and a more intelligent and balanced approach to the protection of people over animals, plants and minerals will prevail.

This is an excellent example of your building material industry political action committee in operation.

Every member of the industry should be a willing contributor to the political action committee. This one single action has saved you thousands of $$$$ and has removed, at least for a year, the agony of new standards, not understood by architects, builders, suppliers, building officials and the authors.

Our campaigns continue. We must have your support if we are to provide the support for you that you tell us you demand. Contributions to the PAC are based upon $100 per each $l million in gross sales. A very small amount considering the great number of $$$ contributed by anti-business and proenvironmental groups.

The November elections are almost upon us. We must support those who have demonstrated support for our industry and those running on platforms that will support our industry.

Sendyourcontributions to BMI/PAC, 1055 Lincoln Ave., San Jose, Ca. 95125. The dollars you contribute pay for premiums to insure your continued existence.